Grip for opening or closing jars.



I No. 745,200 PATBNTED N0-V.'24, 1903.

- J. KOEHLER.

GRIP FOR OPENING 0R CLOSING JARS.

.' APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1902.

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PATENT" OFFICE.

JOHN KOEHLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,200, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed April 26, 1902- erial No. 104,804. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be'it known that I, JOHN KOEHLER, of the city of Newark, county ofEssex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grips for Opening or Closing Jars, of which thefollowing descrip tion, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a simple andinexpensivegrip for opening and closing fruit-jars and the like, onewhich is easily manipulated and consisting of a resilient clutch, anoperating-handle pivoted thereto at two points, one point serving as afulcrum, whereby the movement of the lever on the fulcrum in onedirection expands the clutch and inthe opposite direction contracts thesame.

Another object is to provide a combination implement of the characterherein described having, in combination with the handle of the grippingdevice and pivoted thereto, a corkscrew and a can-opening device at thefree .end of said handle.

In the drawings, Figure l isa plan view of my improved grip for openingand closing jars and the like. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the samewith the outline of a jar-top in dotted lines, showing the grip inoperative position.

or represents a cast clutch or metallic band, preferably formed with arounded grippingsurface and pivoted to an operating-handle b at twopoints. The clutch a is split, having a short radial ear or extension 0at one end and a long tangential extension or inclined ear dat the otherend. The short radial ear or extension 5 is provided with 'a shoulder a,and the long tangential extension or inclined ear (1 is provided withthe shoulder j adjacent and opposed to the shoulder 0, so that when theoperating-handle is moved in one direction it expands the clutch,permitting it to be removed from the cap of the jar,

and when moved in the opposite direction it contracts the clutch,bringing the shoulders o and j closer together, thereby insuring apositive grip on the cap of the jar, thereby preventing the same fromslipping, both extensions c and 01 being pivoted to the operating-handleby pivots lettered, respectively, 6 and f, so that the operating-handleb is capable of lateral movement and whereby movement of the handle inone direction expands said clutch, enabling it to be slipped on and offa jar, and movement in the opposite direction contracts it, so as tofirmly grip the cap of a jar in order'to remove or tighten the same.

g is a corkscrew pivoted to the handle by means of lo gs h, castintegral with the handle.

71 is a canopening device secured to the free end of the handle,

I do not confine myself to the particular materials described in thespecification, as other well-known materials may be employed withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is-- In a grippingdevice of the character herein described, the combination of a resilientsplit band having a short radial extension provided with a shoulder atone end and a long tangential extension provided with a shoulder at theother end, whereby an even surface may be brought to bear upon the jarat the part at the band adjacent to the handle, and an operating-handlepivoted to said ends so as to be capable of lateral movement and wherebymovement in one direction expand's said band and movement in theopposite direction contracts it.

This specification signed and witnessed this 23d day of April, 1902. v

7 JOHN KOEHLER. Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FISCHER, WM. E. DAVENPORT.

